Contingent expenses. Fuel, etc. High-service tem. leveler, one thousand two hundred dollars; two rodmen, at nine hundred dollars each; two chainmen, at six hundred and seventy-five dollars each; one draftsman, one thousand and fifty dollars; one clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one storekeeper, nine hundred dollars; one assistant storekeeper, seven hundred and fifty dollars; one assistant foreman, one thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars; one assistant foreman, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant foreman, one thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars; one chief steam engineer, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; three assistant steam engineers, at eight hundred and seventy-five dollars each; four oilers, at six hundred and ten dollars each; three firemen, at eight hundred and seventy-five dollars each; one machinist, one thousand two hundred dollars; two machinists, at nine hundred and seventy-five dollars each; one carpenter, one thousand and fifty dollars; one inspector, one thousand two hundred dollars; one blacksmith, one thousand and fifty dollars; two plumbers, at one thousand and fifty dollars each; one janitor, nine hundred dollars; one watchman, eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; one watchman, seven hundred dollars; one watchman, six hundred and ten dollars; two drivers, at seven hundred dollars each; one charwoman, one hundred and fifty dollars; eight inspectors, at eight hundred dollars each; one inspector, nine hundred dollars; one assistant tapper, eight hundred and twenty-five dollars; two messengers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; one clerk, one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand and fifty dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one driver, six hundred and thirty dollars; in all, fifty-four thousand six hundred and sixty dollars. For contingent expenses, including books, blanks, stationery, printing, purchase of technical reference books and periodicals not to exceed seventy-five dollars, purchase and care of horse, buggy, and harness for use of superintendent for purposes of inspection, and other necessary items and services, two thousand five hundred dollars. For fuel, repairs to boilers, machinery, and pumping stations, pipe distribution to high and low service, material for high and low service, including public hydrants and fire plugs, and labor in repairing, replacing, raising, and lowering mains, laying new mains and connections, and erecting and repairing fire plugs and purchase and maintenance of horses, wagons, carts, and harness necessary for the proper execution of this work, forty-two thousand dollars. sys- For continuing the extension of and maintaining the high-service system of water distribution, and for laying necessary trunk mains for low service, to include all necessary land, machinery, buildings, mains, and appurtenances, and labor, and the purchase and maintenance of horses, wagons, carts, and harness necessary for the proper execution of this work, so much as may be available in the water fund, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and six, after providing for the expenditures herein before authorized, is hereby appropriated. Water meters for private residences. Refund of errone ously paid water rents. Proriso. For purchase, installation, and maintenance of water meters, to be placed in such private residences as may be directed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, said meters at all times to remain the property of the water department, five thousand dollars. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to cause all water rents erroneously paid hereafter in the District of Columbia to be refunded in the manner prescribed by law for the refunding of erroneously paid taxes: Provided, That application for refund shall be made within two years after such erroneous payment. Refund of water And hereafter the said Commissioners are authorized to cause to be refunded in the same manner and subject to the same limitations all money paid for water for any special purpose where the project is ́ payments. abandoned and the water not used, and for tapping water mains and for furnishing stopcock where the service is not rendered and the material is not furnished; and all money refunded under this provision of this Act shall be paid from and charged to the water fund. Clerks, etc., to be eral appropriations SEC. 2. That no civil officer, clerk, draftsman, copyist, messenger, paid at rates specificassistant messenger, mechanic, watchman, laborer, or other employee ally appropriated. shall, after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, be employed in any office, department, or branch of the government of the District of Columbia, except only at such rates and in such numbers, respectively, as may be specifically appropriated for by Congress for such clerical and other personal services for each fiscal year; and no civil Payments from gen. officer, clerk, draftsman, copyist, messenger, assistant messenger, limited."" mechanic, watchman, laborer, or other employee shall, after said date, be employed in any office, department, or other branch of the govern ment of the District of Columbia or be paid from any appropriation made for contingent expenses, or for any specific or general purpose, unless such employment is authorized and payment therefor specifically provided in the law granting the appropriation or is authorized as hereinafter provided, and then only for services actually rendered in connection with and for the purposes of the appropriation from which payment is made and at the rate of compensation usual and proper for such services, and on and after July first, nineteen hundred and five, all moneys accruing from lapsed salaries, or for unused appropriations for salaries, shall be covered into the Treasury as are the balances of other unexpended appropriations for the support of the government of the District of Columbia. men, etc. SEC. 3. That the services of draftsmen, assistant engineers, levelers, Temporary transitmen, rodmen, chainmen, computers, copyists, overseers, and inspectors temporarily required in connection with sewer, street, or road work, or the construction and repair of buildings and bridges, or any general or special engineering or construction work authorized by appropriations may be employed exclusively to carry into effect said appropriations when specifically and in writing ordered by the Commissioners of the District; and all such necessary expenditures for the proper execution of said work shall be paid from and equitably charged against the sums appropriated for said work; and the Commissioners Report. of the District in their annual estimates shall report the number of such employees performing such services, and their work, and the sums paid to each, and out of what appropriation: Provided, That the expenditures hereunder shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars during ture. the fiscal year nineteen hundred and six. drafts Proviso. Work under Commissioners. ers, etc. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are further authorized to employ temporarily such laborers, skilled laborers and mechan- Temporary labor; ics, as may be required exclusively in connection with sewer, street, and road work, and street sprinkling, or the construction and repair of buildings and bridges, or any general or special engineering or construction work, and to incur all necessary engineering and other expenses, exclusive of personal services, incidental to carrying on such work and necessary for the proper execution thereof; said laborers, skilled laborers, and mechanics to be employed to perform such work as may not be required by law to be done under contract, and to pay for such services and expenses from the appropriations under which such services are rendered and expenses incurred. Horses, wagons, etc Special authority of using. SEC. 4. All horses, harness, and wagons necessary for use in connection with sewer, street, or road work, or on construction and repair Commissioners of buildings and bridges, or any general or special engineering or construction work authorized by appropriations may be purchased, hired, and maintained, exclusively to carry into effect said appropria- · tions, when specifically and in writing ordered by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and all such expenditures necessary for VOL XXXIII, PT 1-58 for Proviso. Work under Commissioners. Water department. Temporary draftsmen, etc. Report. Proriso. Maximum expendi tures. Work under Commissioners. etc. the proper execution of said work, exclusive of personal services. shall be paid from and equitably charged against the sums appropri ated for said work, and the Commissioners of the District, in the annual estimates, shall report the number of horses, wagons, and har ness purchased, and horses and wagons hired, and the sums paid for same, and out of what appropriation, and all horses owned or maintained by the District shall, so far as may be practicable, be provided for in stables owned or operated by said District: Provided, That such horses, wagons, and carts as may be temporarily needed for hauling and excavating material in connection with works authorized by appropriations may be temporarily employed for such purposes under the conditions named in section three of this Act in relation to the employment of laborers, skilled laborers, and mechanics. SEC. 5. The services of draftsmen, levelers, rodmen, chainmen, and inspectors, temporarily required in connection with water-department work authorized by appropriations, may be employed exclusively to carry into effect said appropriations, and be paid therefrom, when specifically and in writing ordered by the Commissioners of the District, and the Commissioners of the District in their annual estimates shall report the number of such employees performing such services and their work and the sums paid to each: Provided, That the expenditures hereunder shall not exceed eight thousand dollars during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and six. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are further authorized Temporary laborers, to employ temporarily such laborers, skilled laborers, and mechanics, as may be required in connection with water-department work, and to incur all necessary engineering and other expenses, exclusive of personal services, incidental to carrying on such work and necessary for the proper execution thereof; said laborers, skilled laborers, and mechanics to be employed to perform such work as may not be required by existing law to be done under contract, and to pay for such services and expenses from the appropriation under which such services are rendered and expenses incurred. SEC. 6. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to employ in the execution of work, the cost of which is payable from the appropriation account created in the District appropriation Act for the fiscal year, nineteen hundred and five, approved April twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and four, and known as the "Miscellaneous trust-fund deposits, District of Columbia," all necessary inspectors, overseers, foreinen, sewer tappers, skilled laborers, mechanics, laborers, special policemen stationed at street railway crossings, one inspector of gas fitting, two janitors for laboratories of the Washington and Georgetown Gas Light Companies, market master, assistant market master, watchman, and one laborer for the wholesale producers' market, horses, carts, and wagons, and to incur all necessary expenses incidental to carrying on such work and necessary for the proper execution thereof; such services and expenses to be paid from said appropriation account. SEC. 7. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall not make requisitions upon the appropriations from the Treasury of the United States for a larger amount during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and six than they make on the appropriations arising from the revenues, including drawback certificates, of said District, except as otherwise provided herein. SEC. 8. That until and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to advance, on the requisition of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, made in the manner now prescribed by law, out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary from time to time to meet the Provisos. Vol. 31. p. 766; Vol. Ante, p.,390. general expenses of said District, as authorized by Congress, and to SEC. 9. That all laws and parts of laws to the extent that they are inconsistent with this Act are repealed. Approved, March 3, 1905. Street extensions. CHAP. 1407.-An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six. March 3, 1905. [H. R. 18468.] [Public, No. 140.] Diplomatie and tions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, consular and they are hereby, severally appropriated, in full compensation for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely: SCHEDULE A. SALARIES OF AMBASSADORS AND MINISTERS. Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to France, Germany, Great Britain, Mexico, and Russia, at seventeen thousand five hundred dollars each, eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars; Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Brazil, Italy, and Austria-Hungary, at twelve thousand dollars each, thirty-six thousand dollars; appropria Schedule A. Salaries. Ambassadors. Envoys extraorai Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to the Argen- nary and ministers tine Republic, China, Japan, Cuba, and Spain, at twelve thousand plenipotentiary. dollars each, sixty thousand dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Belgium, Chile, Colombia, the Netherlands and Luxemburg, Panama, Peru, Turkey, and Venezuela, at ten thousand dollars each, eighty thousand dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Salvador, ten thousand dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Guatemala and Honduras, ten thousand dollars; Ministers resident and consuls-general. Agent, etc., Cairo. Chargés d'affaires, etc. Secretaries of embassies and legations. Salaries. Second secretaries. Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Denmark, Morocco, Paraguay and Uruguay, Portugal, Roumania and Servia, Sweden and Norway, and Switzerland, at seven thousand five hundred dollars each, fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Greece and Montenegro and diplomatic agent in Bulgaria, seven thousand five hundred dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Bolivia, Ecuador, Haiti, Korea, Persia, and Siam, at seven thousand five hundred dollars each, forty-five thousand dollars; Minister resident and consul-general to Liberia, five thousand dollars; Minister resident and consul-general to Santo Domingo, five thousand dollars; Agent and consul-general at Cairo, five thousand dollars; Chargés d'affaires ad interim and diplomatic officers abroad, thirtyfive thousand dollars; Total, four hundred and thirty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. SALARIES OF SECRETARIES OF EMBASSIES AND LEGATIONS. Secretaries of embassies to Austria-Hungary, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and Russia, at two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars each, eighteen thousand three hundred and seventyfive dollars; Secretaries of legations to China, Japan, and Turkey, at two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars each, seven thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; Secretary of legation and consul-general to Stockholm, two thousand five hundred dollars; Secretaries of legation to Cuba, Panama, and Peru, at two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; Secretary of legation and consul-general to Colombia, two thousand dollars: Secretary of legation to Siam and consul-general at Bangkok, one thousand eight hundred dollars; Secretary of legation to Guatemala and Honduras, one thousand eight hundred dollars; Secretary of legation to Greece and Montenegro, who shall also be secretary of the diplomatic agency in Bulgaria, with residence at Athens, one thousand eight hundred dollars; Secretaries of legations to Chile, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and San Salvador, one thousand eight hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars; Secretaries of legations to Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Portugal, the Netherlands and Luxemburg, Spain, and Switzerland, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, twelve thousand six hundred dollars; Secretaries of legations to Argentine Republic and Venezuela, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, and Liberia and Korea (who shall be consul-general to Seoul), at one thousand five hundred dollars each, six thousand six hundred dollars; Secretary of legation and consul-general to Roumania and Servia, one thousand five hundred dollars; Second secretaries of embassies to Austria-Hungary, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and Russia, at two thousand dollars each, fourteen thousand dollars; Second secretaries of legations to Japan and China, who shall be American students of the language of the court and country to which they are appointed, respectively, and shall be allowed and required, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to devote their time to the acquisition of such language, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars: |